[OSM-newbies] landuse=fruit trees?

[Johannes Huesing]

Matt Williams <lists at milliams.com> [Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 09:01:35PM CET]:
> On 10 November 2010 20:54, Xan <dxpublica at telefonica.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Is there any tag for tagging an area in which have fruit trees? It does NOT
> > necessary contain a farm. So farmland is not the most appropiate I think.
> > landuse=forest does not apply because it is not a forest, it is a fruit tree
> > set.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Xan
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:landuse=orchard is probably the
> most appropriate. Also, for future reference, don't forget about
> http://help.openstreetmap.org/ which is an excellent forum for asking
> these sort of tagging questions.
> 

I'd say this is a typical beginner question which fits this list very well.

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